Actress and mannequin Megan Fox has lastly spoken out on Love is Blind’s Chelsea Blackwell’s remark that individuals have advised her she seems to be like Megan Fox. On the present, Chelsea herself acknowledged she doesn’t “see it” and explicitly asserted that it was simply due to her hair and eyes mixture that individuals made this remark, which she clarified to her former fiancé Jimmy within the pods. But even with these caveats, her informal remark began an uproar on the web, inflicting heaps of unwarranted harassment and hateful bullying towards her—together with an absurd, mocking video from Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce that added gas to the hearth. In a latest interview with E! Information, Megan Fox herself was requested about this comparability and he or she defended Chelsea, noting that the bullies have been too onerous on Chelsea and he or she didn’t should be bullied. As Megan says:
“I don’t actually watch television very a lot however I’ve had lots of people textual content me and cease me and even different celebrities which might be at Oscar events have been like, “Do you watch Love is Blind?” and I used to be like “No, however I do know what you’re speaking about.” Like I mentioned, I didn’t watch it, however I feel normally nobody deserves to get bullied and I did see an image of her and I assure you—she has, like, very blue like barely slatted almond formed eyes—100,000% individuals have advised her, “You type of seem like Megan Fox,” so I imagine she’s telling the reality. I hope she nonetheless has that sparkle in her eye. I hope the world didn’t steal it from her. Mine died a very long time in the past from being bullied for twenty years. So I hope that didn’t occur to her. Greatest needs and blessings… and yeah I don’t assume she deserved that. I feel individuals went means too onerous.”
In the identical interview, Megan was additionally unnerved by how many individuals have been punching down on Chelsea, and made an excellent level regarding superstar tradition and the way it differs from actuality tv, reminding us that actuality television stars don’t get the identical rewards as celebrities however do endure the identical degree of scrutiny with out all the advantages of conventional fame. She went on to say, “That was very weird… I don’t know why that received a lot press. Folks also needs to keep in mind that—generally, I feel you justify bullying celebrities since you really feel like we receives a commission sufficient and we’ve got such entry to issues that we must always be capable of put up with the bullying. However anyone who’s on a actuality present doesn’t have any of that upside. So she’s simply coping with the bullying and never getting any type of reward for it. And that’s actually fucked up.”
Nicely mentioned, Megan. We love when ladies get up for different ladies and name the haters and bullies out. Megan’s feedback converse to a bigger, disturbing sample of bullying that Love is Blind feminine contestants typically bear below the highlight, the place they’re held to ridiculously increased requirements than their male counterparts. These of us who’ve defended Chelsea from the very starting are thrilled to see that the O.G. is talking out and taking a stand towards the atrocious conduct of keyboard warriors who assist the likes of “I like calling different ladies stacked in entrance of my fiancé” Jimmy, who not solely objectified different ladies in entrance of his love curiosity but in addition launched Chelsea to a feminine good friend he had slept with and spent an excessive amount of time FaceTiming that good friend whereas on the present — and even lied about hanging out with at one level when he claimed to be going to sleep. As a facet word, Jimmy and the feminine finest good friend he allegedly slept with have lately been seen promoting merchandise with the slogan, “Not taking a step again,” an atrocious remark he made to Chelsea proper after he mentioned he can be taking a step again from his shady “friendship” and gleefully selling this merchandise throughout social media. Discuss profiting off gaslighting. Hopefully, Megan’s feedback will assist counteract among the unwarranted bullying Chelsea has acquired and no person buys considered one of Jimmy’s tasteless hats. Right here’s to at least one small step for battling misogyny on actuality tv, and an enormous step for womankind.